Banwarilal Purohit, the Governor of Punjab and administrator of Chandigarh, resigned from his position due to personal reasons and other commitments, citing these reasons in a letter to President Droupadi Murmu. Purohit had been serving as the Governor of Punjab since September 9, 2021, and has previously held gubernatorial posts in Assam, Meghalaya, and Tamil Nadu. Purohit's resignation came shortly after a meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah and the BJP's success in the Chandigarh mayoral polls, which the Congress-AAP alliance alleged had been unfairly influenced.